TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 805 INJURIOUS SPECIES
SECTION 805.20 LISTING OF INJURIOUS SPECIES


 

Section 805.20  Listing of Injurious Species

 

a)         Wild Mammals

 

*Flying fox or fruit bat of the genus Pteropus

 

*Mongoose or meerkat of the genera Atilax, Cynictis, Helogale, Heroestes

 

 *Ichneumia, Munzos, and Suricata

 

*Any species of European rabbit of the genus Oryctolagus

 

*Any species of Indian wild dog, red dog, or dhole of the genus Cuon

 

*Any species of multimammate rat or mouse of the genus Mastomys

 

*Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides

 

b)         Wild Birds

 

*Pink starling or rosy pastor, Sturnus roseus

 

*Dioch, Quelea quelea, including its black-fronted, red-billed or Sudan subspecies

 

*Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora

 

*Red-whiskered bul-bul, Pycnonotus jocosus

 

*Eggs of wild nongame birds

 

c)         Fish, Mollusks and Crustaceans

 

*Snakeheads (including, but not limited to, all fishes of the genera Channa and   Parachanna, and others of the family Channidae)

 

*Fish or viable eggs of the walking catfish, Clariidae family

 

*Mollusks, veligers or viable eggs of zebra mussels, genus Dreissena

 

*Crustaceans or viable eggs of mitten crabs, genus Eriocheir

 

River ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus)

 

Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)

 

Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)

 

*Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)

 

Gobies (round, tubenose) (Neogobius melanostomus, Proterorhinus marmoratus)

 

Rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus).  Possession of living rusty crayfish is prohibited for all except the holders of an approved aquaculture permit with a letter of authorization to import/possess this species.

 

Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

 

d)         Amphibians

 

None

 

e)         Reptiles

 

*Specimens or eggs of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis

 

NOTE:  Species noted by an asterisk (*) are federally listed.

 

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 2280, effective May 1, 2005)